detective
noun
/dəˈtɛktɪv/
,
/dɪˈtɛktɪv/
,
[dəˈtʰɛktʰɪv]
,
[dɪˈtʰɛktʰɪv]
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- police officer who looks for evidence
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detective,
inspector
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- person employed to find information
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detective,
investigador privado
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detect
verb
/dɪˈtɛkt/
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- to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing
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detectar
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detection
noun
/dɪˈtek.ʃən/
,
/dɪˈtɛk.ʃən/
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- act of detecting or sensing something
- the finding out of a constituent, a signal, an agent or the like
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detección
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detectable
adjective
/dɪˈtɛktəbəɫ/
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- that which can be detected
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detectable
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detected
adjective
/dɪˈtɛktɪd/
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- Referring to something that has been noticed
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descubrir
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detected
verb
/dɪˈtɛktɪd/
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- Simple past tense and past participle of detect
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descubrir
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